Shin-okachimachi Station
E10 · Oedo Line · Taito
Shin-okachimachi Station (新御徒町)
Two railways meet at Shin-okachimachi with a ticket gate between them rather than beside them. The Oedo Line opened E10 on 12 December 2000 when the line was completed, and the Tsukuba Express followed on 24 August 2005; because the subway works came first, the Oedo Line’s builders were contracted to put up the Tsukuba Express structure as well. Both run under Kasuga-dori, with a shared concourse on the first basement level, the Oedo platform on the second and the Tsukuba Express platform on the fourth, 30.8 m down.
Between the two platform levels, on B3, sits a transfer gate run by the Tsukuba Express; since 1 October 2026 it has taken IC cards only. Both lines carried the working name Motoasakusa while under construction. Sidings towards Kuramae let Oedo trains start and finish here. Toei expected about 24,000 boardings a day when the station opened; the 2024 count was 58,639 passengers.
Finding Shin-okachimachi on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Shin-okachimachi
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Shin-okachimachi
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| EOedo | 15 trains/hour (about one every 4 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Shin-okachimachi
Scheduled running time between Shin-okachimachi and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| EOedo | E11Kuramae | 1 min |
| EOedo | E09Ueno-okachimachi | 1 min |
Transfers and connections
- Other railways: Tsukuba Express Line (Metropolitan Intercity Railway). These are separate railways with their own fares.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOedo | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Oedo Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 3 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3, A4. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Shin-okachimachi Station?
Temples line the streets on every side — Kezoin, Hosenji, Ryogenji, Kanzoin and a dozen more within four hundred metres — with Akiba Shrine roughly 160 m from the exits. The Satake shopping street and Okazu-yokocho keep an older kind of retail going nearby, and Kojima Park and Takecho Park, about 210 and 220 m away, are the open space. Inaricho on the Ginza Line is close enough that the Tsukuba Express exit signs point to it.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| 華蔵院 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| 法泉寺 | 290 m | about 5 min |
| 了源寺 | 320 m | about 5 min |
| 観蔵院 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| 龍福院 | 350 m | about 6 min |
| 本行寺 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 妙経寺 | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 願信寺 | 370 m | about 6 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
The two lines share a concourse on the first basement level, and there is also a transfer gate on the third basement, between the Oedo platform above it and the Tsukuba Express platform below. Since 1 October 2026 that gate accepts IC cards only, so a paper ticket means going round by the concourse.
Motoasakusa. Both the Oedo Line and the Tsukuba Express used it as the working name during construction, and the Toei platforms do in fact stand in Motoasakusa, while the Tsukuba Express station lies under Kojima. Both kept the provisional title until shortly before they opened.